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Your five favorite websites of all time

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protozoa

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Feb 10, 2008
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Isla Sorna
Not including this website!

Any topic.

Mine:

1) My Yahoo. I know they are in league with the Devil, but I have gotten alot of value out of being a member of this free service for (over) seven years. It's a convenient homepage, and quickly provides information on news, weather. sports and stuff. I think alot of people take it for granted. I would probably include the Yahoo search engine; but since it's integrated into My Yahoo, I won't.

2) Photobucket. Also free, easy, and it works great.

3) The Internet Movie DataBase (IMDb). Handy for looking up trivia.

4) Wikipedia. People talk about how it can't be trusted... but for the most part, the information is correct, thorough, and handy.

5) Amazon. It's like crack to me. I love books and DVDs, and the idea that I can shop for them online and they will show up in my mailbox is hard to resist. I have also used Amazon as a sort of research tool, not unlike IMDb.

It's pretty rare that I turn on my computer and I don't look at all five of these. Most of these are things I use as "tools" versus left-brain stuff. So, I'll include an honorable mention that I enjoy....

MisterSF.com


I searched, and didn't see a thread on this topic elsewhere. My apologies if I missed it.
 
is google aloud?

Gizmodo - Gadget Fix
HSBC - Onling Banking
MacRumors - Rumor Fix
Ebay - Shopping
BBC iPlayer - TV

guilty pleasure
RedCurtain
 
Wikipedia - information hunting
Ebay - bargain hunting
Facebook - keeping in contact with old friends
Telegraph online - for news
HotUKDeals - for finding cheap deals

And MrT8064, if you'd read the first post, it did specifically state websites not including this one. ;)
 
Refdesk.com
Encyclopedia Manchester United
Guardian Unlimited
New York Times
Nikon Cafe
 
In no particular order:

1. CNN [I'm a news-addict]

2. Engadget [Total technophile]

3. MapleStory [Good MMORPG]

4. YouTube ['nuff said]

5. My Anime List [Great for anime trivia]
 
MrT8064 said:
is google aloud?
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I prefer to Google silently. :)

I would have to give it some thought.... I think over long periods of time,

NY Times (best in class)
Amazon (yeah, rather addictive, particularly with their marketpladce
Photobucket (as mentioned above)
C|Net (gone downhill somewhat but a longstanding tech news source for me)
And a site that I go to for eating disorder support....

EDIT:

ChrisN said:
just number 2:p
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That's why I took my Mac to Tennessee. :D
 
My list, and the uses for each:

Google (I hate the company itself, however): Useful for quick spell-checking, math, research, images, phonebook search, SEO ranking stuff, adwords, site search, documents, etc etc. There are million and two uses for Google.

eBay: Bargain hunting, money making, market research, dreaming of fancy cars I'll never own..

IMDB: All-round great for motion picture-related information Narrowly beating out Apple.com/Trailers, which used to be better than now.

My personal site: For testing my PHP projects, CSS tricks, et al. Having access to a dependable, easily-accessible server is wonderful.

Amazon.com: Cheap, cheap music, DVDs, even clothes sometimes.

YouTube: Very neat to check the progress of my guitar lessons & playing against others in the field, and the guitar lessons posted thereon can't be beat for price and information.
 
My Five Favorite Websites

1. Playstation Underground Forums - The Playstation Forums. One of the best forums i've ever been a part of. Some amazing members over there.

2.Google - I don't think i need to explain.;)

3. Youtube - almost every video ever is on youtube . . .

4. Facebook - It's so easy to stay in touch with my old friends on facebook. It's also soething to do when i'm bored, with all of the games.

5. The PSU Comic Forums - A lot of members from the Playstation Forums are here. These forums are really laid back, and have little rules. they also have the best smileys:)
 
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